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P3D v5 Heading and height of an object?

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I'm using the default P3D light pole for some testing. I loaded it into MCX. Is there a field to show the height of an object? Is there way to determine the heading of an object (0 degrees)? Is the "X" line 0 degrees in an the 3D XYZ viewer?
 
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In the object information form you can see the height of the object. When placed with heading 0 the x axis (red) will point east, the y axis (green) north.
 
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Thanks, these quick answers are so helpful. So it is the bounding box that determines the height, width and length where the actual model dimensions could be different?
 
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Hi,

The bounding box that MCX shows in the object information form is calculated from the geometry of the object. So it is the smallest box that fits around the object.
 
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